---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROCESS FOR INITIATING LOCAL LEGISLATION IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROCESS FOR INITIATING LOCAL LEGISLATION IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5256"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5256 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Municipal regulations", "Petitions", "Secretary of the State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Devin R. Carney", "Kenneth Gucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2850c569-9f52-482e-88c8-029cfcfb61f7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "27926f154a2e674805ac4fae93a722188580dd823155bf7f48e791389f584d76"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 5256 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROCESS FOR INITIATING LOCAL LEGISLATION IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **File No. 322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05256-R000322-FC.PDF)
2. **GOS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05256-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00132-R00HB-05256-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05256-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **130–20** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Devin R. Carney — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-19** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** PUBLIC HEARING 0224
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 241
- **2026-04-01** FILE NO. 322
- **2026-04-29** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-29** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 496
- **2026-05-06** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-132
- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2850c569-9f52-482e-88c8-029cfcfb61f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).